yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rodak:
Yeah, I know that I risk to get my ass in post #5 but what the hell.

I always do a full wipe and reinstall all my apps from market when i flash a new rom.

But i´ve just finished installing everything on VR2.3 and wonder how safe it is to use titanium backup?

Not restoring any system apps just "User apps with data"?

Will it be any trouble or is it 100% safe?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Anyatan:
Originally Posted by Anyatan

First of all great work Pulsar!

but..

Anybody having data connectivity problems?

I am on orange UK and my area has a strong connection,usually 'H' or '3G'..

Earlier(a few minutes after bootup)my data connection was 'H' or '3G' and after a few minutes it dropped down and stays at 'G'. I already tried reflashing the rom, radio, kenel with wipe data/cache, etc with no luck. Still stuck at 'G' connection.

Is it my phone or orange?

Thanks

Came from vr 2.3, ninpo 2.0.2, xkg3 - no problems.

Currently running vr 2.4.2, ninpo 2.0.4, xkg6. - data speed problems.

Thanks. Which option do i choose from these?

Thanks. When i choose WCDMA only, it would connect to H or 3G then if i return it to WCDMA/GSM after a while it would go back to G. Looks like it prefers just to use G.

Any more ideas?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kin24173493:
are you sure your internet connection is active?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IakobosJ:
100% sure yes, VillainTweaks doesn't work on WiFi or HSDPA.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
You are on 2.4.0. Just change that in build.prop to read 2.4.2
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IakobosJ:
I thought I was on the latest version :/ Ah well.

Thanks :) If I update using the zip in the first post will it update me to 2.4.2? I might as well update. :)

I'll change the build.prop for now though -- EDIT -- That worked, I see all 3 tweaks now :D Thanks Pulser
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] ebliss:
Have you disabled fast dormancy with *#9900#

Another thing you might want to try is to change the modem version.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rab1412000:
there is an option for hsdpa/hspa

choose that
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Anyatan:
Disabled, enabled. No change. It would simply prefer staying on 'G' connection..

Yep when i chose this option. it would show:

MENU NOT EXIST

PRESS BACK KEY

Current Command is 1835232

Sorry. Noob mode. Peace =)

Thanks for helping tho.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] aehmkei:
Thanks for this great rom - it's the first one without heavy battery drain for me as soon as I have WiFi enabled (connected or not) :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] toastmh:
Could anyone please tell me why you cannot flash updates/themes from an External SD card in CWM with ninpo's 2.0.4 kernel but you can with CF-Root.

Cheers
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] roisagi:
installed 2.4.2 - so far: great ROM!!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] LeWildDroid:
Hi everybody. I just pass by to say hello to you because I came back to villain as usually from another rom..so again, thank you pulser for your awesomeness rom and work :D

Swyped from my super trooper SGS II

Swyped from my super trooper SGS II
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
because it is a different CWM
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1200044
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
same build dates so nothing will be new
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
but moar verjan numbarz! :d
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Anyatan:
oh great news! AWESOME! 'sigh'
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] w0ng3r:
Can't seem to find the kg6 radio in the modem repository. Does anyone have a mirror?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] toastmh:
So is there any way to rectify this? Is there a different version of CWM that I should be using?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] kalpik:
Check the last few posts in that thread.. There's a CWM flashable KG6 in a link from me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Hubs can be removed fine.

This rom hasn't affected the jig. Other ones may or may not, stock KI3 will affect it if flashed.

But having flashed this ROM won't have affected it
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] PipoXtreme:
Swapped back to cognition.. had problems with short disconnects on wlan on the villain rom on my device. (every 1-2 minutes ) ..
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lsj_87:
Having Wlan Problem also. Wlan seems went to deep sleep after a certan time. checked that the wifi sleep policy is set to "never" but still deep sleep with wifi logo always there. Push notification not working when this occur. :( . going to go back to 2.5 hope it works fine.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Try the CF - Root KI3 kernel
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] zxz0O0:
Probably a kernel problem.. Did you try another kernel?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] akki007:
Hi, love the rom but have an issue with 1. T9 isnt working, its enabled but just wont work and 2. Camera app force closes every time i try and use the front facing cam.

Help!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] JAG131990:
I had same problem and was fortunate enough to have a backup in titanium backup so all is fixed
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] akki007:
Sorry, a backup of what?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] netcitizen:
I did not face any wifi disconnect issues. but i feel that 3g goes idle frequently and i observed this more while I am tethering mode.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] lsj_87:
Ok i will try but surely the battery life will not as good as the niph 2.0.5. So decided to flash 2.5 villain. wondering is there an update soon for the niph kernel ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Update your camera fix in VRTweaks.

Flash your csc for t9
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Until Samsung releases their sources for ki3, we wait
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Which radio? Some people find KI3 best, others prefer KI1
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
or maybe you are like me, I have had to go back to KHX radio as KIX were all poor for me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
okay maybe there is an issue with the glass theme ... :) let's see if it works.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] rdayen:
Sorry if my question was already answered..

Everytime I reboot my phone, the keyboard comes back to qwerty (i'm french so default is azerty for me)

I tried using the default keyboard or switkey same result

Swype has no qwerty here ... (pretty sur swype had azerty in litning rom)

thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
Can someone please link me to the KI1 modem in update.zip form, or a thread with them all in if there is one. I have tried to search but failed miserably
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] akki007:
Flash my csc??!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] crm4:
Same here. Swiftkey even revert back to qwerty after a few minutes, without reboot.

I am on VR 3.0 with CSC XEUKD1.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mynamesteve:
there ya go

http://www.mediafire.com/?fnkld9swo6u99

from kalpik's sig

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=18018443&postcount=364
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
guys, what about the latest nympo 2.1.3?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
perfect, thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
has battery drain issues (not kernel fault but the latest samsung sources) we hope that the KIX kernel sources will be better when we get them.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
glad to hear this Lenny :)

anyway i've a Q about the CWM, is there a method to put automatically the nandbackup directly into mu ext_SD? and also, i must flash the update.zip or not?

TIA
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] IakobosJ:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=17967764&postcount=5
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] the4finger:
Holy cr*p I'd be lucky to get half that screen on time. What UV values are you using?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] grisha1:
This is a swiftkey big, reported many times. But annoying, I agree.

SGS2 via Tapatalk
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] gervasius:
VR TWEAKS

Hi, is there anybody who found that tweak - disable noise cancelling

during call - works?

I installed tweaks but it is not working.

thx
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
found some troubles with KIES Air, it seems that didn't work. can you confirm this issue?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Eddiemc:
@pulser

Can you add this mod to the camera in vr tweaks? It's the volume shutter button.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183334

Having that in addition to no battery limit and to play music whilst snapping pics would make the mod perfect for me.

If you add this you'd definitely make my day, and hopefully someone else's too;-)

Sent from my mind using telepathy
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] globalgpj:
Thanks on both accounts. I will freeze the apps.

Also, where did you get the usb jig ? Any links ? Or did you build it?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
confirmed, it doesn't works.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
Just out of interest what defines noise cancelling not working? Do you expect lots of noise? Or are you going by the echo problem still being there for it not working? If the echo problem is still there I'd say that disabling noise cancellation isn't a true fix and just a perceived fix, the true issue is the cases people use. That's just my opinion on that anyway as I've always used decent cases with all the cutouts in the right places so don't experience this issue.

I'd be suprised if there's a totally noticeable difference with noice cancellation on or off, especially not one you'd be able to hear as it's meant for the benefit of people on the other end not yourself.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Bloomfield87:
Cheers for the camera tweak fix pulser :).

I just deleted all the Samsung Hub stuff and other random .apk files that I don't need using ES File Explorer :).
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] gervasius:
explained it already http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=17963397#post17963397
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
about the VRT, is there a method to restore the older .apk?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
only manually copy and rename the backup created in /sdcard/vrtweaks/backup
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] AvRS:
As I thought, I doubt this is to do with noise cancelling being on or off it's to do with the case blocking or obstructing the secondary mic. I've seen some cases with no cutout or dodgy cutout for it therefore causing the echo. I didn't really read the echo problem apparent fix but I'm going to be subjective and say it's not a real fix at all. The only way you'll know if noice cancellation is off is by calling yourself from another phone and listen for a slight drop of call quality, again it won't be a huge difference in most cases.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
so i need to rename the phone.apk.bak to phone.apk and move this file in /system/apps ? correct?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] gervasius:
well, I tested everything (new case, new modem, new rom, close one mic, close another mic, close BOTH of mic's :-)) - what helps - turn off noise cancelling. And it helps in every call. So, there is two possibilities - first - do not have silicon case (I have leather and have to put my phone out), and second - to turn off noise cancelling forever :-) - to avoid in every call press menu and turn off NC - and put it back in silicon case!
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
correct .
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] newHere:):
my case have all the needed holes and i have the echo problem...

without a case everything is ok.

if i disable the noise reduction cancellation manually it ok

and yeah, the noise reduction cancellation tweak is not working :(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] JAG131990:
The camera app.

Most folks on here seem to ignore that there is an issue.. wonder why
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] eozoon:
I bought it from the local yahoo auction for like ~US$3 along with a OTG USB adapter. I'm in Hong Kong tho so I'm afraid that info won't be of any use to you.

Seems pretty easy to make one, but cheap enough that I wouldn't bother to :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] gervasius:
yes, same thing :-(
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mixxy:
have no such issue.

using vrom 3.0 with the new cfroot kernel.

i do have a question for all the villainrom users here, is there any way to get the advanced power menu on the new rom?

thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] globalgpj:
Hey Pulser_g2,

What files/processes would you recommend for me to install; if I purchased a SG2 here in India and only rooted the phone with CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.tar and then installed your V3 rom; as I am moving back to Australia in a week ?

Probably will be using Telstra as my carrier as they have probably the best coverage across Australia?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Stefcke:
Hey there,

Nice ROM, it's just awesome.

However I can't understand one thing, maybe you guys can help me.

My WiFi Connection sometimes turns off, and then it turns on again. What's the problem?

Thanks! :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
no one is certain, but we think some devices might need different wifi drivers in the kernel, but we can't fix until samsung release kernel sources, you could try using a stock based kernel like CF-Root or the actual 2.3.5 KI3 kernel.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] landwomble:
This ROM is great. I only have one tiny niggle (and it may well be present in stock ROM, too, I didn't check) - I use A2DP to a Belkin Tunestage. If I'm playing audio over bluetooth and I stop the music, then in order to reconnect it, I have to go into bluetooth settings, disconnect the device, reconnect the device and then start playing again.

Anyone else seeing this?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] demonious:
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/543/85471966.jpg/

anyone knows how to convert power saving widget to single row again? It expanded after flashing rom.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Sounds reasonable :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
I built mine. Had all the parts lying around. I never really use it given cwm does the job. Only needed it when making the first custom ROM, as I had to do all the discovery, though I ended up being able to release it without a phone :)

Handy to have, not essential once you use it to root
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
Will look into it
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] netcitizen:
this is using KI3. May be I will try KI1 then. still feel KG6 was the best.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
KH3 any good for you? It was a good one here
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] crachel:
figure out the name of the widget's APK, yank it from a prior ROM, and push it to /system/app via adb

edit: looks like its in Settings.apk, so Nandroid first and see what happens :)
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
I am back on KI1 now (didn't give it much of a chance)

KI3 was really poor.

KH3 was great, but early signs are that KI1 migth be better.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Jason93:
+1 ;)..KI1 is much better for me than KI3.Signal is always green in stats.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] demonious:
Okay, will try to see, thanks mate
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Lennyuk:
I don't think I have ever had a green signal on any radio on any android phone... England sucks.. :D
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] killall:
Same up here in Scotland......so I suppose it must be UK that sucks :p
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
Green in London on KI1. This was yesterday. Today green while I was at home then yellow for rest of the day.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
Maybe because they can read and saw that there is already a fix since yesterday? And before the fix pulser said he will fix it so we had to show patience until he was finished.

Check VRTweaks.

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Are you sure it's a bug and not a feature. Since the update of Swiftkey there is the feature that you can set the keyboard layout according to your actual tipping language. The preset for all languages is I reckon QWERTY.

Actually I think the feature is quite useful if you have a different alphabet then the Latin one. Like in Russian or Arabic.

If you have a language specific, Latin keyboard layout then it's totally useless because you're used to your own layout.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jay_zhead:
I am going crazy here. Is there *any* way to install VR3.0 with stock kernel and have wifi working?.. I was ecstatic for a day and a half, listening to music with the new improved sound, before I realized that WiFi is dead, and had to revert to Ninphetamine 2.0.5... WiFi is back on, but so is the crappy sound quality!.. I am at a loss. Reverting to VR2.5 for now, as to me losing the bounciness of the menus and browser was only worth it to have the greatly improved sound quality. Help?.. :confused:
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] nikzDHD:
Did you try both the cf roots?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] jhernand1102:
This is what I did, Made a backup of all my apps using Titanium backup. Booted into CWM recovery and wiped cache, dalvik cache and wiped data. Flashed Villian 3.0 and let it boot up completely. Turned off phone and used my jig to get into download mode and then I flashed the CF root kerenl for KI3, the secure one and booted back up then restored all my apps and everything is working great for me.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
UK sucks? and italy? LOL
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] TecQuality:
so the better solution is: flash a CF's KI1 and wait an update from pulser? but the other kernels ?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Nebucatnetzer:
They're talking about modems not kernels.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] NeoS:
Holland's the same mate. I did get a few red bars though... :(

KI1 is definitely better for me. Battery drain is low, signal is... ok, and everything works, so I'm happy.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bjarnia:
I posted a few pages about about terrible battery life. I think I have found the culprit. I went back to stock 2.3.5 and still had abysmal battery life. But today I turned off my exchange email sync and I'm at 87% after 4 hours, at least 4x better than it used to be.

Anyone know why this might be? I have it set to push sync.

Might not be the best place to post this I guess, but it seems a lot of people are are very knowledgeable about battery life.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] pulser_g2:
The Samsung email app sucks.

Perhaps I will post the stock one on tweaks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] bjarnia:
That was my suspicion as well. I saw the AOSP one around somewhere, I'll give that one a try.

Ps. I second the request for volume button shutter in camera. Would be awesome.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] alsafady89:
pulser did you know that superman and chuck norris had a fight, were the loser had to wear his underwear on the outside for the rest of his life.... LOL love your quotes haha

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guys what are the main reasons to drain the battery? like my battery stays for 10 hours max, (used to be almost 36 hours same usage same kernel nin 2.0.5).

I will post betterbattery stats file and some pics soon, but after i recalibrate the battery, I herd there is a problem with the email account syn, is that true??
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Matt-Helm:
That would be appreciated.. along with the AOSP one!

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] aussiebum:
Did you check WakeLocks under betterbatterystats? I had some annoying "network-location-cell-update" bug whereby occasionally (and randomly) it would stay active and cause the phone to stay awake until manual reboot (the usual suggestions of killing Maps and turning off Location tracking didn't help), but haven't had it happen on VR 2.5 so far.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Fulvian:
On VR 3.0 I just noticed that interaction with USSD menu doesn't give me numeric keypad by default anymore like it used to.

Can't remember whether it was stock ROM or VR2.5, but I used to always get numeric keypad by default when a USSD menu popped up.

i.e.: My provider's USSD main menu is *100#

When I dial *100#, a USSD menu pops up with choices of numbered submenus, I have to input the number to choose a particular submenu. In the past when I tapped the input field I used to always get numeric keypad by default (regardless of whether it's Samsung or Swype keypad), but now it gives me standard alphanumeric keypad (so it's another tap to switch to numeric), this gets very inconvenient because I have to go quite deep in the USSD menu hierarchy, I access USSD menu quite often (to subscribe to data plan, to check my data cap, to check validity, etc.)

This is my feedback, thanks for reading.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] netcitizen:
did not try KH3. fact is i never had signal strength issues or 3g speed issues with any of the modems. but with KI3 3g goes idle regularly in tethering mode. May be that particular day it was like that. I dont use tethering mode often and hence have not tested it with all the modems.

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same here . never seen green color in signal (under battery stats) but have full 4 bars all the time though.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] tonovcp:
Same here.

Also swype does this weird thing: I have either english or spanish language, but sometimes writes in belgium? Dutch? and also add to "add to dictionary" is in that language.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] Planet X:
Yesterday I have tried your 3.0 ROM and was very satisfied with it. Everything working out of the box. But then I installed VR tweaks and let it install the "Disable Incrementing Ringer" tweak after reboot I had FC's of Phone and Messaging. Then I tried the "low battery fix for the camera" and I was able to start the camera but the camera was only showing black picture and I could not change any settings. What is wrong with the tweaks?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] marvi0:
Are there any mods, to prevent the stock messeging app, to convert to mms? Or we just have to use third party apps, handcent etc?.
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] landwomble:
Anyone know why the new Above Flash 11 update is showing as incompatible?
[Galaxy S II Original Android Development] mb:
I've been trying to get the KI3 modem upgraded, but for the first time ever it keeps going through the motions but still says KI1 on the About screen.

I have tried two copies here on XDA now, both do the same thing. Have tried both CWM natively and via the app.

Any ideas? Or is KI3 really installed but displaying as KI1?